Horizontal genome transfer as an asexual path to the formation of new species

Ignacia Fuentes, Sandra Stegemann, Hieronim Golczyk, Daniel Karcher and Ralph Bock ()
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Ignacia Fuentes: Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
Sandra Stegemann: Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
Hieronim Golczyk: Institute of Biotechnology, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Konstantynow 1I, 20-708 Lublin, Poland
Daniel Karcher: Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
Ralph Bock: Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany

Nature, 2014, vol. 511, issue 7508, 232-235

Abstract: The formation of a new species can occur by an asexual mechanism by transfer of entire nuclear genomes between plant cells as shown by the creation of a new allopolyploid plant from parental herbaceous and woody plant species, this mechanism is a potential new tool for crop improvement.

Date: 2014
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